Jamestown Settlement
Jamestown was founded in this year.
What is 1607?
The Pilgrims that landed in this colony.
What is Plymouth?
This trade system connected three continents.
What is the Triangular Trade?
Colonists often traded goods instead of using money. This is called what?
What is barter?
The main reason Jamestown settlers came was to find this.
What is gold (or wealth)?
The Mayflower Compact was signed to create this type of government.
What is self-government?
One continent involved in the trade was Africa. Name another.
What is Europe or the Americas?
This crop became very important in Virginia.
What is tobacco?
This leader enforced the rule “He who does not work shall not eat.”
What is John Smith?
This group of people sought religious freedom.
Who are the Pilgrims?
Enslaved people were transported across the Atlantic in this journey.
What is the Middle Passage?
Large farms in the South were called this.
What are plantations?
The “Starving Time” happened during this winter.
What is 1609–1610?
The Mayflower Compact was signed in this year.
What is 1620?
Goods like sugar and tobacco were sent from this region.
What are the Americas (colonies)?
This group worked land in exchange for passage to America.
Who are indentured servants?
This colony was the first permanent English settlement in America.
What is Jamestown?
The Pilgrims traveled to America on this ship.
What is the Mayflower?
Manufactured goods like guns and cloth came from this continent.
What is Europe?
This region focused more on shipbuilding and fishing.
What is New England?